A company that started in Silicon Valley and moved to Orlando last year has raised $4 million to expand its sales and marketing push.

Officials with Finexio, which has built a platform for businesses to eliminate paper checks from transactions, said the round was led by chairman and previous investor James Heistand.

Finexio founder and CEO Ernest Rolfson said he moved the company to Orlando because one of his major clients, law firm Morgan & Morgan, is based here.

The company has been working out of the Catalyst coworking space in downtown Orlando since last year.

“You really get that energy,” he said. “Everyone starts at their kitchen table but you don’t want to be there forever.”

Finexio has grown to now have about a dozen customers and employs around 20 people. That number includes contractors and full-time employees, Rolfson said.

After entering into an early-release mode last year, Finexio launched in the summer.

Rolfson said he started to talk to investors early last year and found momentum to close the deal during the last quarter. He said his return to Orlando last year also was fueled in part by a desire to move back home, as well as the growth of options for young companies here.

“When I left Orlando, there wasn’t an option of being a startup in Orlando,” he said. “But it has changed a lot from then until now.”

Florida Funders, Loeb.nyc, Zach Coelius, Mobile Financial Partners and other undisclosed investors also participated in the round, according to a news release.

Tampa-based Florida Funders partner Steve MacDonald will join Finexio as an adviser. The investment round is the second for Finexio, which raised $1 million in 2016.

Heistand said Finexio’s growth “positions the company well to gain widespread market adoption.”

The money will allow the company to pursue business in several sectors, including real estate and construction, while also improving the platform, Rolfson said.

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